SI.com's Tim Layden buries the Mitchell lede--Paul Byrd, his dentist, and his upcoming book

With Paul Byrd's fascinating 'outing' on the deciding night of Red Sox/Cleveland ALCS, he's been completely spared the 24/7 ridicule heaped on others since the Mitchell/Radomski report.

• Byrd kept his HGH parphenalia in various clubhouse fridges. He said MLB knew about it (which they said they didn't).

• He even spoke openly about being Christian and is writing a book about his experience as a Christian.

• Excuses? He said he felt his pituitary wasn't quite right. He bought 1000 vials of HGH and over 100 syringes.

• All this should've been ridiculed from the rafters since the Mitchell Report--if Byrd were treated as others on the list have been.

• He also got the win for his team in Game 4 of the 2007 ALDS, and where are the screams that the title should be stripped from the Cleveland Indians?

Reference SI.com article by Tim Layden, "Non-Accountability Accountability: Apparently, Baseball Never Had a Steroid Problem," 12/19/07.

• Writers' block?

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